Back in 2019 the following post was made (initially a feature request made by a few different people, consolidated down to one general post).
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Put the species list in a sidebar rather than hovering over the map on the Explore/Observations page
The issue is that iNat has a default map display and item placement (legends, species list, navigation controls, etc) that float over the map at fixed locations regardless of map and display size. This hasn’t really match with monitor displays for a long time, resulting in much of the displayed map being effectively unusable as it’s blocked by those tools, with additional bits of the map extending beyond them.
A better solution would be to have the tools pinned to a certain distance from the edge of the displayed map instead, or to have the species list moved off the map entirely (neither being the only solution).
Finding a solution for this had widespread support, and at the time @tiwane stated that it was one of the already established team agendas.
It’s been around 5 years and the issue remains unaddressed.
Any updates on this issue?